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Overview
Legendary infiltration journalist Harmon Leon has gone undercover again and returned with a new book. Gentleman cartoonist Keith Knight provides popular comics that enhance Leon's enlightening narrative.
"This book was eye-opening ..." –David Litt, author of NY Times bestseller Thanks, Obama
The United States is a divided country, where two disparate tribes fight to provoke, condemn, and defeat the other. In Tribespotting: Undercover Cult(ure) Stories, Harmon Leon dives directly into the eye of the tribal storm, drastically changing his look and attitude as he goes undercover in an exploration of tribal behavior and its many manifestations in modern culture.
Employing the same inimitable style that he honed while infiltrating extremist groups, Leon introduces readers to a series of vastly different tribes, including a gathering of five thousand assault weapons fanatics, a clan of white supremacists who recruit at Applebee’s, a church of hookers who walk the streets for Jesus, and a meeting of cult members who stare at their leader’s handsome face.
Some of these tribes engage in harmless, hobby-loving fellowship while others revolve around the adulation of charismatic celebrities. Some of these tribes strive to uplift the individual via religious enlightenment, and a few are actually full-blown cults. But at the root of all these different tribes lies the same psychological need—the desire to be around like-minded people.
With that in mind ... LET'S DO SOME TRIBESPOTTING!
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781946358202 |
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| Publisher: | 39 West Press |
| Publication date: | 11/26/2019 |
| Pages: | 206 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.47(d) |
About the Author
Keith Knight is many things to many people-rapper, social activist, father, and educator among them. He's also one of the funniest and most highly regarded cartoonists in America and the creator of three popular comic strips: The Knight Life, (th)ink, and The K Chronicles. For nearly two decades, Knight, a multi-award-winning artist, has brought the funny back to the funny pages with a uniquely personal style that's a cross between Calvin & Hobbes, MAD, and underground comix. Knight is part of a generation of African-American artists who were raised on hip-hop and infuse their work with urgency, edge, humor, satire, politics, and race. His art has appeared in various publications worldwide, including the Washington Post, Daily KOS, San Francisco Chronicle, Medium.com, Ebony, ESPN the Magazine, L.A. Weekly, MAD Magazine, and the Funny Times. Find his work online at www.kchronicles.com.
Table of Contents
Preface xvii
A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES
Machine Gun Shooters 5
Furries 12
Viral Video Fans 20
Drunk Santas 28
FOR CHRIST'S SAKE
Hookers for Jesus 39
Jump for Jesus 46
Body-slammin' for Jesus 53
LIVE FOR FREE OR DIE HARD
Freegans 63
Squatters 68
SILLY, SILLY WHITE FOLKS
Fans of Jerry Springer 81
Tanning Addicts 88
White Supremacists 93
COMEDY TO THE RESCUE
Presidential Joke Writers 105
Cuban Comics 112
Christian Comics 117
Fans of "The Juice" 127
THEY JUST WANNA BE LOVED
Trophy Wife Hunters 141
Pickup Artists 152
THEIR TRIBES ARE CULTS
The Raëlians 163
Staring Cult 170
Afterword 181
Acknowledgments 183
Image Credits 185
About the Author 187